Oklahoma City / Ardmore
Ardmore has 24,877 residents (give or take 43) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19), about 499 people per square mile.
Ardmore is about 90 miles from the Census center point for Oklahoma City in a straight line and covers 49.829 square miles of land (Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and land area, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/, checked 2026-10-19).
Ardmore is spread out at 499 people per square mile across 49.829 square miles of land, so a long refrigerant line run between the outdoor unit and the farthest indoor head is the sizing question an installer checks first.
Of the 9,781 occupied homes in Ardmore, 45% heat with natural gas, 0% with heating oil, 53% with electricity and 2% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19).
Electricity already heats 53% of Ardmore homes, ahead of gas at 45%, and a home on electric baseboard sees the biggest bill change from a heat pump because it replaces resistance heat one for one.
Ardmore has about the Carter County oil share of 0% and 9 points less electric heat than the county's 62% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US40019, checked 2026-10-19).
Ardmore has 11,276 housing units, 12% built before 1940 and 63% before 1980, with 19% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19).
Ardmore has 4 points more pre-1940 homes than Carter County as a whole (8%) and 4 points fewer homes built after 2000 than the county's 23% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US40019, checked 2026-10-19). An older stock means more insulation upgrades before the heat pump goes in.
The median Ardmore home was built in 1971 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 5.4 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19).
78% of Ardmore homes are single-family detached, 6% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 8% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19).
With 78% detached houses and 6% in small multi-family buildings, a Ardmore quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 46% of Ardmore homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.
46% of Ardmore homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19), so the market splits between resident-led jobs where the occupant picks the system and landlord-led jobs where they do not, and the rebate paperwork differs.
63% of Ardmore homes were built before 1980 and only 19% in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19), so most of the stock predates modern insulation codes; the installer's heat-loss calculation, not a square-footage rule, decides the tonnage.
No electric utility is on file for Ardmore on this door yet, so this page does not name one; the name on the bill decides which rebate path applies.
Power Forward with PSO residential rebates (ASHP), run by PSO (Public Service Company of Oklahoma), is a live program for Oklahoma addresses and covers qualifying equipment at $500 per system (registry row 51 verified 2026-10-14, https://powerforwardwithpso.com/programs/heat-pump/, checked 2026-10-16); confirm eligibility for the Ardmore address before counting it. With 53% of Ardmore homes already on electric heat and 47% on gas, oil or propane, the row that applies depends on the name on the electric bill and the fuel coming out.
Median household income in Ardmore is $53,900 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B19013?g=160XX00US4002600, checked 2026-10-19); many state and utility heat pump rebate programs set higher incentive tiers for income-qualifying households, so the household income on the application, not the town median, decides which level applies.
Heating design temperature: 17F. Source: ENERGY STAR Design Temperature Limit Reference Guide (2019 Edition), Carter County row, 99% heating, PDF pages 97 to 100 of 141 (Revised 11/11/2020), https://www.energystar.gov/sites/default/files/Design%20Temperature%20Limit%20Reference%20Guide%20(2019%20Ed)%20-%20ENERGY%20STAR%20Single-Family%20New%20Homes_Rev11.pdf, fetched 2026-10-19, 99%.
That 17F figure is the Carter County cold-day number a Ardmore heat pump is sized against, so ask the installer to show the system's heating output at 17F, not at the milder rating-label temperature.
Ask for the heat-loss calculation room by room; the median Ardmore home has 5.4 rooms and was built around 1971, and the count of heads and the tonnage follow the rooms and the insulation, not the square footage.
The form on this page is the follow-up for Ardmore. The public number is the number the contractor quotes from.
No local contractor is named on this door for Ardmore yet. A request from this page goes to the first licensed shop that takes the door.